Quality of healthcare is also better if a woman’s employer provides health insurance. Forty-four percent of women say their healthcare is very good if their employer provides health insurance, compared to 27% of women whose employer does not provide health insurance (figure 12).

While 72% of Lebanese women over age 18 say they have been to the gynecologist/obstetrician at least once, regular visits to the gynecologist are less common. Thirty-seven percent of Lebanese women say they go once a year (23%) or twice a year (14%), still, 35% of Lebanese women say they go, but very rarely. Over one-quarter of Lebanese women age 18 and over say they have never visited a gynecologist/obstetrician (27%) (Figure 13).